there will be a fish

1. I went on a massive Fringe-meta streak a few days ago (mostly here), enabled nicely by ignipes, who kept saying interesting things to spark me off. She then wrote a great post about Olivia Dunham which I recommend to anyone who was/is reluctant to watch Fringe based on their first impressions of her or things they heard other people saying back when it started (or interested in Olivia, or in female characterization on TV, or whatever). I was a little uncertain about Olivia when I started watching, too – so you can trust me when I say that I am REALLY HAPPY I got over that with some more watching. *nudges everyone in the direction of the pilot*

2. Isn't it disconcerting when you run across something and don't remember anything about it or where it came from? It's a bit similar to the feeling I get when going through old journal entries and thinking "Gosh, that's rather clever, but I don't remember saying it at all..." The case in point today are some old bookmarks linking to pictures of two thousand-year-old papyrus fragments with bits of The Odyssey written on (from Books 9 and 11, Book 11, and Book 17). I thought it might be from one of my classics courses, but the date says they're from the winter after sophomore year when I was withdrawn from school. My best guess now is that maybe a classics geek from my flist linked to them... They ARE pretty cool. They remind me of a school field trip to see the Dead Sea Scrolls, when I spent so long wandering through the exhibit that they had to send someone back in to find me because the buses were leaving. :D

3. Speaking of nostalgia, I would like to link (again) to this poll, which takes the cake as My Favorite Poll Ever, Fullstop. It makes me laugh and laugh and laugh. Go on, click on it; you won't regret it. :D

4. Oh, hey, did you guys notice that Lie To Me started again on Monday? SO EXCITED! Tim Roth was all terrible posture and intensity, Jason Dohring (aka Logan Echolls on Veronica Mars) guest-starred as a psychopath, and Brendan Hines and Monica Raymund spent the entire episode looking foxy in spite of Loker's terrible shirt (which he made fun of himself, oh, Loker). ♥

Ha! I knew it!

I've been watching Lie To Me (and have maybe developed an inappropriate crush for Tim Roth as Cal Lightman in the process, don't ask me why...although it may have something to do with him being a magnificent bastard, a genius, an ex-con artist with a rather ruthless approach, and incredibly loyal to the people in his life. Plus, he does that thing where he tilts his head and gives you the feeling he sees right through you, which in Cal's case is because he does, and damn but I find that hot. And he calls people "love" with his working-class British accent. I love that.).

ANYWAY, I noticed that they've cast several guest spots with actors who played starring roles on Jericho: Lennie James (who played Robert Hawkins <3), April Parker-Jones (Darcy Hawkins), Brad Beyer (Stanley Richmond), and now Alicia Coppola (Mimi Clark). It was Alicia Coppola who finally made me suspicious enough to check -- and sure enough, the casting departments were staffed by the same people.

Is it really awesome that I catch things like that, or completely insane? I can't tell any more...